Social Security Act 2018 (Version 56)/Section 3

3Purpose of this Act

The purpose of this Act is—

(a)to enable the provision of financial and other support as appropriate—

(i)to help people to support themselves and their dependants while not in paid employment; and

(ii)to help people to find or retain paid employment; and

(iii)to help people for whom work is not currently appropriate because of sickness, injury, disability, or caring responsibilities to support themselves and their dependants:

(b)to enable in certain circumstances the provision of financial support to people to help alleviate hardship:

(c)to ensure that the financial support referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) is provided to people taking into account—

(i)that, where appropriate, they should use the resources available to them before seeking financial support under this Act; and

(ii)any financial support that they are eligible for or already receive, otherwise than under this Act, from publicly funded sources:

(d)to provide services to encourage and help young people to move to or remain in education, training, and employment, rather than receiving financial support under this Act:

(e)to impose, on the following specified people or young people, the following specified requirements or obligations:

(i)on people seeking or receiving financial support under this Act, administrative and, where appropriate, work-related requirements; and

(ii)on young people who are seeking or receiving financial support under this Act, educational, budget management, and (where appropriate) parenting requirements; and

(iii)on people receiving certain financial support under this Act, obligations relating to the education and primary health care of their dependent children.

Compare: 1964 No 136 s 1A; 2007 No 20 s 23